History
The 4th Congressional District was created in 1843, the first new district in the state in 20 years. It was gained after the 1840 U.S. Census.
In 1993, Louisiana lost a congressional district and created a second majority-African American district. The 4th Congressional District was thus reconfigured as a 63-percent African American majority district stretching in a roughly "Z" shape from Shreveport to Baton Rouge. At the same time, McCrery's home, along with most of Shreveport's white residents, was drawn into the 5th Congressional District.
Cleo Fields was elected for two terms as the new representative of the 4th Congressional District. When the Supreme Court of the United States invalidated the new 4th Congressional District as unconstitutional, the Louisiana legislature redrew the 4th Congressional District again to encompass most of Northwest Louisiana, closely resembling its pre-1993 configuration. Jim McCrery was elected to this seat.
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